I want you to know that your mind will always try to talk you out of God's best you'll consistently
feel unqualified too shy incapable unworthy unskilled afraid intimidated less than average
I'm asking you to believe in yourself a little more believe that God's word was it's true
and it was written for you believe that when you take authority over your thought life
and you just begin speaking faith-filled words over yourself that your life is moving in
that direction hey I'm Terry Savelle Foy your cheerleader of dreams I want to talk to you
today about the miracle of affirmations how to transform your life by speaking God's word
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button and become a subscriber okay I heard an interesting story about a university Professor
who made a unique offer to his college students one day as he was getting ready to give the
final exams of the semester he bragged about how proud he was of the class and said that
they had done so well that he wanted to offer them something special he said anyone who
would like to receive an automatic fee on this test raise your hand and he explained
that they wouldn't be tested whatsoever just lift your hand no pressure no failing grade
you're going to pass with flying colors well one hand went out then another hand went up
another until about half the class got up and walked out of the room they were so relieved
no stress no worry no failing grade well then the professor went on to pass out the test
to the rest of the students that were left there but he placed them face down on their
desk and he asked them not to turn him over until he instructed them to do so for the
next several minutes he encouraged them on how they were going to go far in life that
they should always strive to do their absolute best then he instructed them to turn the test
over and get started when they turned over the papers it had only two sentences and this
is what it said congratulations you just made an a the ones who stayed and believed that
they had what it took to get an A they got the a why settle for a c when you can get
an A why settle for mediocrity when God has amazing plans for your life right why settle
for less simply because of your belief system see when you allow negative thoughts to remain
in your mind you're settling for a seed and God has so much more for you but you have
to change your internal and your external dialogue about yourself I want you to know
that your mind will always try to talk you out of God's best you'll consistently feel
unqualified too shy incapable unworthy unskilled afraid intimidated less than average I'm asking
you to believe in yourself a little more believe that God's word was it's true and it was written
for you believe that when you take authority over your thought life and you just begin
speaking faith-filled words over yourself that your life is moving in that direction
you know you might be like speaking like talking out loud to myself you know there's always
two voices that are just competing for your attention the voice of faith and the voice
of doubt you cannot talk defeat and expect Victory right will your words have creative
power they have the power to drastically change your entire life you know I was thinking about
Selena Gomez who may be very popular on Instagram but she's not immune to severe difficulties
if you've read anything about her you know she grew up with a single mom struggling financially
to later being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease lupus she went through chemotherapy
had a kidney transplant that nearly killed her well after she recovered from that near
fatal procedure Selena opened up about her battle with depression and anxiety she said
that before and after she would go on stage to perform she would have severe panic attacks
and depression and anxiety were just a part of her life or five years straight she said
it wasn't enough to just listen to motivational messages she had to do something more intentional
so she began using positive affirmations to start her day and she would just declare things
like I can do this I am strong I am powerful Selena Gomez believes that if you speak it
long enough your brain will believe it see we have to do what God instructs us to do
put off the former man and be renewed in the spirit of your mind that's in Ephesians 4.
so in order to change your mind you have to change your internal and your external speech
here's the thing God will not do for you what you can do for yourself in fact Joshua 3 4
says you have not passed this way before in other words new seasons are on the way new
opportunities are on the horizon New Beginnings are in your future but you have to do your
part you have to get your thinking your internal dialogue and your self-talk in line with what
God says about you and the first step to Improvement is become conscious of what you're saying
in your mind about yourself and to yourself like what have you told yourself today are
you affirming things like I look fat I'll never get married I'm terrible at making friends
I'm just insecure I could never get promoted I'll never get out of debt I'm not capable
of being that successful I look old I'm scared to try something new see Steve Harvey I was
listening to him one day and he said we have to be aware of the conversation we're having
with ourselves he said what are you saying to yourself when nobody's around what are
those conversations you have in the mirror with yourself every morning are you speaking
life into your dreams or are you repeating someone else's fears and anxieties he said
are you front loading your day with scriptures affirmations and positive quotations or are
you dumping doubt and anguish into your spirit and then Steve Harvey made this eye-opening
statement he said you think you're the only one who can see your words of defeat but they
show up in your demeanor and how you present yourself to the world well I remember years
ago I was working with a fitness trainer and before she ever gave me a workout plan she
said let's work on your self-image starting with your posture I was like what I said I
want to work on my thighs and she said no I want you to pull your shoulders back and
carry yourself with more confidence she even said I want you to sit in your car with excellent
posture and then adjust the rear view mirror to your new position she said if you suddenly
can't see what's behind you she said don't adjust the mirror adjust you see yourself
image can be seen in your posture well it wasn't until 2007 that I sat down with a journal
and I just made a list of positive declarations and affirmations and scriptures to declare
over myself and nearly every single word on those pages was the exact opposite of who
I was at the time but I was establishing a new identity I wrote things like I'm confident
I was riddled with insecurity I'm courageous I was extremely timid and scared I'm qualified
by God I felt so unprepared for those Big Dreams in my heart but I was practicing What
God Says to do in his word God says in Romans 4 17 call those things that be not as though
they are so who do you need to become in order to have the dreams in your heart for a moment
just imagine the best version of you the version of you who has everything on your vision board
decide the identity that you want to have and start speaking it out now I'm going to
help you this week to get started and get consistent so your free download is a list
of scriptures that I've personalized so they're easy to declare I made them personal and then
I listed some attributes of the Lord for you to speak out things like God is your deliverer
your strength your hope your healer your helper your wisdom in other words God is everything
you need him to be so start affirming it so I want you to just click the link in the description
and get this powerful free download today let me just say there is nothing more powerful
than speaking God's word he loves nothing more than to hear his children speak his word
back to him and the Bible says that Angels hearken unto the voice of the word of God
right so your angels they're on standby just waiting to hear you speak these scriptures
out loud so they can bring them to pass that's powerful isn't it so what are you waiting
on click the link in the description and get this powerful list of scriptures and make
them your own daily affirmations today and I will be cheering you on to live your dreams
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